Strongyloides dasypodis explained

Strongyloides dasypodis is a parasitic roundworm infecting the large intestine of the armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus. It was first described from Louisiana.^[1]

Further reading

• Skerratt . Lee F . 1995 . Strongyloides spearei n. sp. (Nematoda: Strongyloididae) from the common wombatVombatus ursinus (Marsupialia: Vombatidae) . Systematic Parasitology . 32 . 2. 81–89 . 10.1007/bf00009506 .
• Santos, Karina Rodrigues dos. "Caracterização morfológica e molecular de Strongyloides ophidiae (nematoda, strongyloididae) parasitas de serpentes." (2008): 57-f.
• Hoppe . Estevam G. Lux . Antonio do Nascimento . Adjair . 2007 . Natural infection of gastrointestinal nematodes in long-nosed armadillos Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758 from Pantanal wetlands, Aquidauana sub-region, Mato Grosso do Sul State, with the description of Hadrostrongylus speciosum n. gen. et n. sp. (Molineidae: Anoplostrongylinae) . Veterinary Parasitology . 144 . 1. 87–92 . 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.09.028 . 17071001 .

Notes and References

1. Little. M. D.. Seven New Species of Strongyloides (Nematoda) from Louisiana. The Journal of Parasitology. 52. 1. 1966. 85–97. 0022-3395. 10.2307/3276397. 5932110. 3276397.